How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Paragraph)
Quote #7
"I wonder what he did?" Nick said.
"Double-crossed somebody. That’s what they kill them for." (228-9)
George speaks with all the authority of experience; though he’s likely never encountered a situation like this before, he’s accepted that these sorts of things do happen.
Quote #8
"I’m going to get out of this town," Nick said. (230)
This is arguably the most important line in The Killers; this is when we see that Nick has been deeply affected by the evening’s course of events. We understand that he has changed, and that part of that change has to do with losing innocence.